Commentary
Xi Jinping recently had his “Clark Kent” moment. Kent was Superman. He would rip off his workaday shirt to reveal his true identity. China’s despot leader figuratively did that when he unilaterally “brought peace” to the Middle East, and will now proceed to solve the Russia/Ukraine war. At least that’s how it is being reported in China.
How the deal he brokered between Iran and Saudi Arabia will actually work out remains to be seen. America and Israel are certainly nervous, and many are worried that this “deal” will produce the exact opposite of peace.
Similarly, will Ukraine’s Zelenskyy be persuaded by Xi’s eloquence to turn swords into ploughshares, or is it more likely that the savage war will stagger on to some distant and muddy conclusion?…